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Etymology

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Borrowed from Russian мыло (mylo).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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мыло (məlo)

  1. (Amur, Sakhalin) soap

Derived terms

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Russian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈmɨɫə]
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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mydlo, from *myti (to wash). By surface analysis, мыть (mytʹ) +‎ -ло (-lo).

Noun

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мы́ло (mýlon inan (genitive мы́ла, nominative plural мыла́, genitive plural мыл, relational adjective мы́льный, diminutive мы́льце)

  1. (usually uncountable) soap
  2. (usually uncountable) lather
  3. (slang) e-mail (by phono-semantic matching with English mail)
Declension
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Descendants
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  • Ingrian: muila
  • Karelian: muila
  • Lithuanian: muilas
  • Nivkh: мыло (məlo)
  • Votic: muilõ, mõilõ
  • Yakut: мыыла (mııla)

Further reading

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  • мыло in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru

Etymology 2

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Verb

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мы́ло (mýlo)

  1. neuter singular past indicative imperfective of мыть (mytʹ)